Let’s be honest here. I have literally never thought about attending a marriage counseling course. Why? Well, I don’t feel like my marriage is “bad” and that we “need” it. WRONG! Boy was I wrong! My hubby and I had such a great opportunity to attend a fabulous marriage class that inevitably ONLY strengthened the amazing relationship we currently have! And I advise anyone who wants to make their relationship better in any way to jump on this amazing offer andgiveaway!
Kirk Voss is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families to address a variety of emotional and mental health issues.Kirk received his Master’s degree in Family Studies: Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Utah. Kirk is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and he is fluent in English and Portuguese. He has worked as a therapist in both inpatient treatment and outpatient community therapy clinics in both Maryland and Utah. He also worked for several years at LDS Family Services and he is now a Referred Provider for that agency. Kirk works with clients from all backgrounds and religions, typically teenagers and adults. He believes that what often brings clients to therapy is their loss of balance—either a desire to attain a personal balance and positive well-being, or to restore balance which has been lost. Finding a healthy personal balance can involve improving self-care; improving self-worth; clearing the “clutter” of negative thinking; addressing past and present emotional injuries; deepening and healing close relationships; and addressing stress, anxiety, and depression. Kirk focuses especially on the quality and healing of relationships in both marriage and families.
A little more about The Marriage Class that is offered;
The More From Marriage™ class is a great way to give your marriage a boost. If you want some ideas for how to feel closer, ways to reignite the feeling you had when dating, or if you want an entertaining way to make a good relationship even better, this class is for you! The class covers the following topics:
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Relatives, Friends, Jobs, and Technology
Staying Emotionally Connected with Your Partner
Keeping the Fire Alive in Marriage
The More From Marriage™classes are taught LIVE on the first Friday night of each month, with additional times when requested. They also provide parenting classes, one-hour couples classes, and free community/church presentations upon request.
At their office, located in Sandy, Utah, you will find a very friendly ANDcomfortable environment for everyone.
Whether you spend just an evening at one of these life-changing classes or take the initiative to rebuild what you have worked so hard to have, you can’t find a better place than Amber Creek.
A few of the divas had a chance to share a date night with Amber Creek AND we have great things to say about them!
“Before my husband and I were married, we decided that we would not wait until our relationship was in trouble to learn skills and tips to improving our marriage. When we heard about the opportunity for a date night at Amber Creek, we jumped at the chance and we are glad we did. The class we attended was not only informative, but motivating. I left with a desire to be a better spouse and felt I was given tools and focused goals to do so. I particularly enjoyed the non-threatening atmosphere. It was more of a classroom setting (which was not what I expected!) and I was never put on the spot or made to feel uncomfortable. For anyone seeking to improve their marriage (and aren’t we all?) I highly suggest looking into Amber Creek’s services.” – Sarina
“I was in an emotionally abused, lonely, and depressing relationship for 6 years before I decided to get a divorce, which was the hardest decisions I had to make at that time. One of the huge lessons I learned from that marriage was that marriages are tricky! I decided that the next time I planned to get married that I was going to implement counseling into our relationship. I wanted to make sure we worked on any possible issues, learned each others communication and love types, and understood how to overcome possible obstacles that would come our way. Needless to say, I didn’t want any surprises or marital trouble coming my way! Enter into the picture, Mr. RIGHT! Luckily, my darling husband agreed to jump on the counseling wagon, even though he’s not a huge fan. Our marriage isn’t a fixer upper but we are giving 110% percent to make sure it never becomes one. We constantly read marriage books together, attend counseling as preventative measures, and continually strive to make our marriage better.
Of course when I heard about date night at Amber Creek, I jumped at the opportunity to attend. I was completely impressed with the wealth of knowledge and information Kirk taught us. He captivated our attention with the material he presented in an organized and friendly manner. Not only did he teach us but he fed us too, what more could you ask for?! We thoroughly enjoyed date night at Amber Creek! We left with a few tips that we’ve implemented into our daily routines. Since this night, we brag about Kirk and his counseling services to all our friends and family. Obviously, for anyone wanting to make their marriage ah-maz-ing, I highly recommend seeking counseling services and attending date night with Kirk at Amber Creek.” – Michelle
Another exciting part of this, Amber Creek Counseling has been hard at work to bring the best-of-the-best counseling classes to a computer screen near you! The official release date?? MAY 3rd AND all these classes will be available online so you can enjoy them in the comfort of your own home. And you’re in luck! Right now, during the months of April & May, when you schedule a live class or an online class HERE and mention THE DIVAS {wink-wink that’s us!!} and you will receive 50% off your class!! Good for all Dating Diva readers!
Are you excited yet?? If not, hang on to your seat! I have an incredible announcement. Amber Creek Counseling is giving away an amazing date night for you and your spouse! Here is your chance to attend an truly uplifting and relationship growing adventure together!!
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WANNA WIN???
One lucky reader will win an Ultimate Date Night Prize Pack that includes a $40 Gift Card to The Cheesecake Factory, a $100 Gift Card for a Marriott hotel stay, and free admission for two (a $120 value) to a “More From Marriage” class (either for a class LIVE at the clinic, OR free access to the online video version of the same class)! That’s a $260 prize! Enter this giveaway via the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck to you!!
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I am most excited for the topic about keeping the fire alive. We are having time in our relationship to find time to keep the fire alive because of our two year old son. We love him with all our heart and won’t trade him for anything but we really need some advice when it comes to balancing being parents and being a couple. I have been turning to this website a lot lately for idea and have used so many. But I am always willing to hear more ideas.
Understanding your partner and being understood would be what I looked forward to the most. After six years of marriage I think we forgot to take time and truly listen to each other and learn how we have grown and what we need and want in order to move forward together in a healthy way. Sounds soon exciting..I honestly don’t know if this could have come at a better time. Thank you so much!!!!
I would love to learn how communicate effectively. Communication plays such a big role in a marriage. It’s always good to learn how to communicate better1
How to build our best emotional strength and keeping the fire alive! With 3 kids 3 and under it can be difficult to keep that fire going specially when you have only one family member who can watch the kids overnight.
I’d love to win this! Trying to get DH to enter counseling for his depression, I had to enter it for myself too b/c I couldn’t handle things anymore. Would love to win something like this!
I cannot stop thinking about this giveaway! I want to win so bad! Thank you for all the fun advice & thanks for doing such a fun (& beneficial!) giveaway!
Would love to win this! I really think me and my husband could benefit from these classes. Communicating effectively is probably at the top of my list. My husband was deployed for a long time and seems like he came back a different person than what I married. I feel like a class like this would help us so much!
Being newlywed’s there is so much to learn in the first year of marriage! I think this is an excellent Idea for a give away, and sounds like a unique date night that will strengthen any marriage.
The topic I am interested in is reasonable and unreasonable expectations. It would be great to have reasonable expectations from the beginning so I don’t scare my poor new husband away!
Right now “Staying Emotionally Connected” would be a huge benefit for my husband and I. We literally finished this topic in a recent discussion when I pulled up your website and saw this.
I’m so glad we can learn skills from others to improve and learn to make a better relationship. I’d love to learn about Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls: Detachment, Laziness, Selfishness, Infidelity, Pornography and Staying Emotionally Connected!
Even though I hate to admit it- we probably need to work on Understanding Your Partner & Being Understood and Staying Emotionally Connected. I’d love to find out how we can do that!
I think all of them sound very interesting, but if I have to pick 2, I would say 1. understanding your partner and being understood and 2. staying emotionally connected
I’d be so excited to take this opportunity to prevent a fixer-upper marriage! 🙂 I think we could especially benefit from the “avoiding pitfalls (selfishniss, laziness, detachment)” portion…Well, okay, all topics…
I think my fiancé and I would need the keeping emotionally connected seminar. He is a police officer and has times that talking to me about his day is not an option. We also work completely opposite times. In a day and age that over 50% of police marriages end in divorce, I feel the class would give us a better foundation.
We’ve always been pretty good at communicating, but I still think there is room for improvement in that regard; and I’m always looking for more ways to keep that flame fanned!
I would love to win this for me and my husband.
We would love to hear about all of the topics. There isn’t really just one that we need most.
Thank you for the opportunity!
My husband and I have been married for 18 years in August, and are best friends, but we have been through some rough times the past year, and I know this giveaway would be a perfect way for us to reconnect and relax! So hope we win! Thank you for the opportunity!
What a great giveaway. DH and I are currently looking into some type of online counseling as we are having some difficult communication issues. And the thought of going in and talking to someone live is intimidating and I don’t think we can bring ourselves to do it. This would be an awesome giveaway to win! Thanks for offering it! 🙂
I love this idea. My husband and I are going through a rough patch in our marriage. He suffers from depression, ADHD, and other issues. He just started some medication to hopefully help him to focus in school. He lost his job a few months ago and we just had our second baby after a month and a half of strict bedrest. Stress is a major factor in our relationship issues. Another big factor to our problems is that my husband has decided he doesnt believe or consider himself LDS anymore. This has also been straining on our marriage. i hate not feeling close to my spouse anymore. There is so much dividing us right now, it breaks my heart. Any advice or extra help would be wonderful.
I would have to say that the setting boundaries with relative is our biggest issue, that we can’t seem to agree on. So that would be a topic for us to work on.
Love this! Hubby & I are expecting our first baby, so while we currently don’t have any serious marital issues, I think we could benefit from some pre-baby counseling. 🙂
I love all of your awesome ideas to strengthen the most important relationship I have…. It sounds like they have so much to offer and my husband and I would really benefit from it! Here’s to hopin’! 🙂
Sounds like something that would be beneficial all around, resolving conflict and understanding my partner better wouod be two that I am interested in.
I’m most interested in the topic Understanding my Partner and Being Understood. This would be such a blessing to our marriage!
How to Build Our Best Emotional Strength
Staying Emotionally Connected!
Avoiding relationship pitfalls and communicating effectively
Resolving conflict would be a great topic to learn more about to help strengthen my marriage.
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Relatives, Friends, Jobs, and Technology
🙂
This is awesome!!!
Keeping the Fire Alive – this one seems to be my/our biggest struggle, at least! Kids and jobs and laundry and schedules make it really difficult.
We would be most interested in Sorting Reasonable vs. Unreasonable Expectations & Understanding Your Partner & Being Understood.
I am most interested in learning how to communicate effectively.
resolving conflict
“Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls: Detachment, Laziness, Selfishness, Infidelity, Pornography” sounds helpful
I am most interested in the topic “Staying Emotionally Connected.”
They all sound really great, and it’s hard for me to decide… But I think I would choose Keeping the Fire Alive or Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls.
Self care, resolving conflicts
communicating effectively!
Keeping those hot fires burning!!!
My husband and I would love this – just in time for our first anniversary!!
Keeping the fire alive.
Keeping the fire alive
I think the Keeping the Fire Alive part would be great for us with 2 kids under 2 in the house!!!
keeping the fire alive.
Communicating Effectively
I am most excited for the topic about keeping the fire alive. We are having time in our relationship to find time to keep the fire alive because of our two year old son. We love him with all our heart and won’t trade him for anything but we really need some advice when it comes to balancing being parents and being a couple. I have been turning to this website a lot lately for idea and have used so many. But I am always willing to hear more ideas.
Sorting reasonable and unreasonable expectations!
Communicating Effectively
Would love a date night!!
Understanding Your Partner & Being Understood and Staying Emotionally Connected! 🙂
Keeping the Fire Alive!
This is such an awesome giveway!!
Staying emotionally connected!!
Understanding your partner and being understood would be what I looked forward to the most. After six years of marriage I think we forgot to take time and truly listen to each other and learn how we have grown and what we need and want in order to move forward together in a healthy way. Sounds soon exciting..I honestly don’t know if this could have come at a better time. Thank you so much!!!!
Staying Emotionally Connected
This would be a wonderful date! Thanks for the chance to win!
Staying emotionally connected. Thanks for the giveaway!
Communicating effectively.
I would love more information on communicating effectively and keeping the fire alive.
Keep the fire burning!!!
I’m most interested in resolving conflict.
Preventing Social Media from Harming your Marriage
I would lie to attend the Fanning the flames
Keeping the FIRE Alive
I would love to learn how communicate effectively. Communication plays such a big role in a marriage. It’s always good to learn how to communicate better1
Staying emotionally connected! What a great giveaway!
What a fun date night!!! Would love to get more ideas on strengthening our marriage and a short weekend getaway would be fantastic!!
Avoiding relationship pitfalls! Would really like these things out of our lives for GOOD!
I’m very interested in all the marriage topics especially Keeping the Fire Alive, and understanding your partner/communication!!! Fingers crossed!!!
Love all your fun dating ideas! I think every marriage could use these ideas!! 🙂
Keeping the Fire Alive
I love all of you guy’s giveaways:)
Sorting Reasonable vs. Unreasonable Expectations
I’m interested in Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls and Keeping the Fire Alive. But they all look awesome! 🙂
Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls.
I would most interested in Resolving conflict and staying emotionally connected.
Communicating Effectively!!
I am most interested in Avoiding Pitfalls, and Preventing Social Media from harming your marriage
Preventing Social Media from Harming your Marriage
I’m most interested in learning new ways to stay emotionally connected to my husband. 🙂
I’m most interested in the “Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls” topic, but interested in all! =)
Avoiding relationship pitfalls and communicating effectively!
communicating effectively
I think anyone could benefit from each class. There’s always something new to learn!!!
The two topics that I would like more information and receive healthy strategies on would be communicating effectively and resolving conflict.
I would love to hear about avoiding relationship pitfalls: particularly the selfishness part 🙂
How to build our best emotional strength and keeping the fire alive! With 3 kids 3 and under it can be difficult to keep that fire going specially when you have only one family member who can watch the kids overnight.
Keeping the fire alive
I’d love to win this! Trying to get DH to enter counseling for his depression, I had to enter it for myself too b/c I couldn’t handle things anymore. Would love to win something like this!
communicating effectively
Great giveaway! Very interested in all of the topics, but especially regarding staying emotionally connected. 🙂
Ack! How could I pick only one of those topics! Emotional connection I THINK. Maybe resolving conflict….. or communication… Really couldn’t pick one.
I would be excited about the staying emotionally connected portion of the seminar!
healthy selfcare
I cannot stop thinking about this giveaway! I want to win so bad! Thank you for all the fun advice & thanks for doing such a fun (& beneficial!) giveaway!
Woohoo, I’m from Sandy, Utah and although I now live 1400 miles away, we visit often. I’d love this prize!
I’d definitely be most interested in conflict resolution.
Love the giveaway! Thank you!
I would want to know about the keeping the fire alive in the marriage.
Would love to win this! I really think me and my husband could benefit from these classes. Communicating effectively is probably at the top of my list. My husband was deployed for a long time and seems like he came back a different person than what I married. I feel like a class like this would help us so much!
Hello. 🙂
Being newlywed’s there is so much to learn in the first year of marriage! I think this is an excellent Idea for a give away, and sounds like a unique date night that will strengthen any marriage.
The topic I am interested in is reasonable and unreasonable expectations. It would be great to have reasonable expectations from the beginning so I don’t scare my poor new husband away!
avoiding relationship pitfalls & staying emotionally connected
Right now “Staying Emotionally Connected” would be a huge benefit for my husband and I. We literally finished this topic in a recent discussion when I pulled up your website and saw this.
um all lol but communicating effectively sounds like it would help the most
These topics all look interesting. I would probably be most interested in the “Understanding Your Partner and Being Understood.”
Staying emotionally connected!
I would be interested in stayed emotionally connected or keeping the fire alive.
Hard to pick just 1 but the one that caught my eye first was Building & Bridging
Avoiding relationship pitfalls!
I would say the sorting reasonable vs. unreasonable expectations…
communication
Keeping the fire alive seems interesting.
I am most interested in the topic of Setting Healthy Boundaries with Relatives, Friends, Jobs, and Technology.
Ohh, I would love to win this! So awesome, We could use a night away before our new little one joins the party 🙂
oh, and all the topics sound interesting, but Staying emotionally connected may be useful since we have certain restrictions now with the pregnancy.
Sorting reasonable vs unreasonable expectations
What a neat giveaway!! So hard to choose just one topic of interest! All of them could be so great!
Sorting Reasonable vs. Unreasonable Expectations- TOTALLY need this right now in my marriage.
This sounds wonderful…ever relationship could always use some guidance to better themselves.
I would love any of these – but staying connected would be wonderful!
I’m so glad we can learn skills from others to improve and learn to make a better relationship. I’d love to learn about Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls: Detachment, Laziness, Selfishness, Infidelity, Pornography and Staying Emotionally Connected!
Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls
I’m most interested in “Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls: Detachment, Laziness, Selfishness, Infidelity, Pornography”
I couldn’t pick just one aspect as they are all important to nurture!
I would want to learn effective communication
I fully believe in the fact that everyone can benefit from educating themselves about…themselves! I would LOVE to win this.
Communicating Effectively
Even though I hate to admit it- we probably need to work on Understanding Your Partner & Being Understood and Staying Emotionally Connected. I’d love to find out how we can do that!
Resolving Conflict and keeping emotionally connected –especially when one spouse works long hours and cannot be home every day.
Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls: Detachment, Laziness, Selfishness, Infidelity, Pornography.
I love avoiding problems before they happen!
I love marriage “classes”. Makes a great date night.
Great giveaway! All of the topics sound so good, but I think sorting reasonable and unreasonable expectations would be especially good!
Communicating Effectively seems like it would be helpful in marriage and parenting!
Staying emotionally connected.
What a great date night!
Keeping the fire alive!
Keeping the fire alive would be great!
They all look great. But I’d say Resolving Conflict would be a good one.
I would like to hear more about the “resolving conflict” topic.
Realistic versus unrealistic expectations and emotional pitfalls.
I think they all sound amazing but Resolving Conflict might be a good one for us.
Keeping the fire alive!
Such a great idea!
How about the understanding & being understood comment, I think that would cover a lot of the other topics.
Communicating effectively
I think all of them sound very interesting, but if I have to pick 2, I would say 1. understanding your partner and being understood and 2. staying emotionally connected
Keeping the Fire Alive!
Staying emotionally connected, please.
Definitely the “communicating effectively” topic!
Keeping the fire alive
reasonable vs unreasonable expectations. I think that could really give me some insight into our relationship.
Every Topic!! This is a NEED for us!
Love tips on how to keep a healthy marriage
I like “understanding and being understood”
communicating effectively
Communicating more effectively
Keeping the fire alive!
I’d be so excited to take this opportunity to prevent a fixer-upper marriage! 🙂 I think we could especially benefit from the “avoiding pitfalls (selfishniss, laziness, detachment)” portion…Well, okay, all topics…
I sooooo love your blog – thanks for sharing – great giveaway !!
Communicating more effectivly
I think my fiancé and I would need the keeping emotionally connected seminar. He is a police officer and has times that talking to me about his day is not an option. We also work completely opposite times. In a day and age that over 50% of police marriages end in divorce, I feel the class would give us a better foundation.
We definitely need some help with Communication Effectively! We both aren’t the greatest at that…
Keeping the Fire Alive! 🙂
Looks like an amazing experience.
I would love to hear communicating effectively
I would love to win this!!
Understanding and being understood.
All are great topics but “staying emotionally connected” would be helpful.
Staying Emotionally Connected
I’m interested in Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls: Detachment, Laziness, Selfishness, Infidelity, Pornography
staying emotionally connected- with kids this can be so hard! all of your energy goes to them
Would love to talk more about “Staying Emotionally Connected”.
Even if you think your relationship is great, there is always something that could make it that much better.
I would love the “understand your partner and being understood” topic.
I think the section on avoiding relationship pitfalls would be beneficial.
Understand him and being understood ….really all of them.
Understanding your partner and being understood
I would love to win this! Thank you for the chance!
We get so few date nights, and this would be a wonderful way to spend one.
I would love to learn about all of them, but the relationship pitfalls looks like it would help our relationship.
I think every marriage needs ideas to keep the fire alive, even those who have really good marriages. Love this!
Interested in “keeping the fire alive”
So excited for this giveaway! Good luck to everyone!!
Keeping the Fire Alive….always looking for good tips:)
•Keeping the Fire Alive class looks good!
I think this is a great thing that everyone needs at any stage of their marriage. I think we would like most the class on communicating effectively.
I would love the “Staying Emotionally Connected” topic.
The pitfalls section of the conference looks good
reasonable vs. unreasonable expectations
Communicating Effectively!
Sounds like an awesome date night!
This would be so great. A wonderful date night that really does improve the relationship long term.
Communicating effectively…can always get better in that area!
Communicating Effectively is something I would love to learn more about!
I like the expectations focus!
Hmm, Avoiding relationship pitfalls sounds interesting!! thanks for the giveaway!
This looks amazing!
This would be a fun way to celebrate ny upcoming birrthday
Thank you for the information!
Staying emotional connected looks good.
Communicating Effectively
What an awesome help for couples!! The giveaway is amazing also
Resolving conflict!!
I’m interested in the social media one. It’s so difficult to balance technology with life.
I would love to work on reasonable expectation and understanding your partner.
So excited for whoever gets this giveaway or takes the classes from home – you will seriously love it!
We’ve always been pretty good at communicating, but I still think there is room for improvement in that regard; and I’m always looking for more ways to keep that flame fanned!
I would love to win this for me and my husband.
We would love to hear about all of the topics. There isn’t really just one that we need most.
Thank you for the opportunity!
My husband and I have been married for 18 years in August, and are best friends, but we have been through some rough times the past year, and I know this giveaway would be a perfect way for us to reconnect and relax! So hope we win! Thank you for the opportunity!
This looks awesome
What a great giveaway. DH and I are currently looking into some type of online counseling as we are having some difficult communication issues. And the thought of going in and talking to someone live is intimidating and I don’t think we can bring ourselves to do it. This would be an awesome giveaway to win! Thanks for offering it! 🙂
understanding and being understood class would be very helpful
I love this idea. My husband and I are going through a rough patch in our marriage. He suffers from depression, ADHD, and other issues. He just started some medication to hopefully help him to focus in school. He lost his job a few months ago and we just had our second baby after a month and a half of strict bedrest. Stress is a major factor in our relationship issues. Another big factor to our problems is that my husband has decided he doesnt believe or consider himself LDS anymore. This has also been straining on our marriage. i hate not feeling close to my spouse anymore. There is so much dividing us right now, it breaks my heart. Any advice or extra help would be wonderful.
Would love to win this!
I like the reasonable vs. unreasonable expectations! This is an awesome giveaway, thanks for hosting it!
I would have to say that the setting boundaries with relative is our biggest issue, that we can’t seem to agree on. So that would be a topic for us to work on.
I would love to hear about resolving conflict!
I think it would be great to learn how to communicate more effectively. I think everyone could use this:)
Avoiding relationship pitfalls!
Preventing social media from ruining a marriage
Interested in Staying Emotionally Connected. 🙂
Sorting reasonable and unreasonable expectations!
I’m interested in the topics of “Sorting Reasonable and Unreasonable Expectations” and “Keeping the Fire Alive.”
I think resolving conflict is an important topic.
Sounds perfect!
Love this! Hubby & I are expecting our first baby, so while we currently don’t have any serious marital issues, I think we could benefit from some pre-baby counseling. 🙂
Good luck everyone!
I’m super interested in the “Avoiding Relationship Pitfalls” section!
Love it! I love your website and something every married couple could benefit from! Thank You!
I love all of your awesome ideas to strengthen the most important relationship I have…. It sounds like they have so much to offer and my husband and I would really benefit from it! Here’s to hopin’! 🙂
Sounds awesome! Thanks!
Sounds like the perfect giveaway!!!
I would love to attend: Preventing Social Media from Harming your Marriage
I love this! Great resource! 🙂
Sounds like something that would be beneficial all around, resolving conflict and understanding my partner better wouod be two that I am interested in.
What a great resource! I would love to learn how to resolve conflict more easily – or avoiding it altogether would be even better! 🙂
What a great resource! I would love to be able to learn to resolve conflict more easily! (or avoid it altogether would be nice too!)
This is a wonderful idea!!! Love the thought that we can be strengthening our marriages before there’s any tension!
This looks like such an awesome resource!!